Sex ed hat progressing

Oh, IRC. So kaberett realized that a literal sex-ed hat was in order, and wrote up the finished project some.

I decided shortly after hearing the plans, that I was going to need one as well. It is already clear that our visions are very different. So far I have the (lined) uterus, with one fallopian tube. My excellent mental 3D modeling program is showing me how it all fits together in a hilarious and vaguely wearable fashion.

I got the yarn the other day (there were ants that I discovered -- last Sunday?, and I reported them Monday and got my rent turned in, the bug guys came Tuesday and sprayed; while I was Out as I could not be near the fumes, I got yarn and groceries) for the project, and then Thursday I told my aunt all about it.

Naturally the plan got back to my father, which made for an entertaining phone call on Saturday.

Today I have incorporated shocking pink yarn from my stash, and then next would be the ovaries. This is really going to be entertaining.

I've been taking pictures, but most of them are still on my phone. A sample:

Oi, UK Cambridge University folks -- report of staff wildly unhelpful in rape report

The following involves a third-party report of a rape, general details of the rape, and victim-blaming and general unhelpfulness from staff. Mention of unrelated physical threats as an example. Details have a nested cut.

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There may not be anything that the university or the law can do for this particular woman (or against this particular man) unless she steps forward on her own to report this as rape, but the general situation can and should be improved.

This sort of response to a report of a rape from a staff member is bad. If this was the response of the staff member most likely to respond helpfully, then the responses of the other staff are likely to be less encouraging. Thus, all staff members desperately need training in how to respond to a student reporting either that they have been raped, or that another party has been raped. It is the sort of scenario that should be a part of a university staff's training. A dismissive response sends a message to rapists that they can get away with their bad behavior, and sends a message to victims/survivors and bystanders that they should not report rape as their report will be dismissed.

My friend is not in a position to lead a crusade for an improvement on this front, but this is the sort of thing where other people may be able to usefully speak with staff about the way they would respond if presented with this situation, and open a dialogue with the university about better training for the whole staff.

27 tweets for 2012-2-6

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

• Monday, 0204: A veteran pseudo-fictioneer.: lol tumblr - niqaeli: All I can really contribute is snippets from my own... http://azurelunatic.tumblr.com/post/17148496003/a-veteran-pseudo-fictioneer-lol-tumblr
• Monday, 0215: @tiferet93 You've been a bit "DON'T MAKE ME COME OUT OF THIS BOX" all day, eh? :-P #SuperbOwl
• Monday, 0217: @mathsie Do I need to tell him to fuck off?
• Monday, 0252: RT @jonikorpi: The dangers of -webkit-hyphens: auto; http://twitter.com/jonikorpi/status/166249772204830720/photo/1
• Monday, 0357: Things that have made me laugh uproariously today include this one guy R's ... resourceful ... recipes: http://t.co/ZhKJPeyw
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